[Federal Register: June 29, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 126)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Caulerpa taxifolia Prevention
Committee
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a workshop sponsored by the Aquatic
Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force Caulerpa taxifolia Prevention
Committee. The workshop topics are identified in the Supplementary
Information.
DATES: The Caulerpa taxifolia Prevention Committee will meet from 8:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 10, 2001, and 8:00 a.m. to noon on
Wednesday, July 11, 2001.
ADDRESSES: The Caulerpa taxifolia Prevention Committee workshop will be
held at the Holiday Inn-San Diego Bayside, 4875 North Harbor Drive, San
Diego, CA 92106-2394.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Keppner, Caulerpa taxifolia
Prevention Committee Chairperson, at 716-691-5456 ext 23 or by e-mail
at sandra_keppner@fws.gov; or Sharon Gross, Executive Secretary,
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force at 703-358-2308 or by e-mail at
sharon_gross@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), this notice announces a
workshop of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Caulerpa taxifolia Prevention
Committee. The Task Force was established by the Nonindigenous Aquatic
Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701-4741).
Topics to be addressed at the Caulerpa taxifolia Prevention Committee
workshop include: the problems, costs, and lessons learned in regional
efforts to manage invasive marine algal species; an overview of the
coordinated response approach in California including a review of
control and eradication efforts planned; an overview of efforts to
engage California in ANS management planning: and a working review of
an action plan including the draft comprehensive national prevention
program developed by the Committee.
Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Executive
Secretary, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Suite 810, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1622. Minutes for the meeting
will be available at these locations for public inspection during
regular business hours, Monday through Friday.
Dated: June 25, 2001.
Cathleen I. Short,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Assistant Director--
Fisheries and Habitat Conservation.
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